Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-21068

Medium

Published: 12 March 2021

Published
12 March 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0016 36.3th percentile
Risk Priority 12 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-21068 is a medium-severity Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions (CWE-379) vulnerability in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 36.3th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application version 5.3 (and earlier) is affected by a file handling vulnerability that could allow an attacker to cause arbitrary file overwriting. Exploitation of this issue requires physical access and user interaction.

CWE(s)
CWE-379

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

adobe
creative cloud desktop application
≤ 5.3

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

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